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Haverford College has only around 1,200 students.  Yet it boasts over a dozen alumni ...

President Obama this week unveiled his new climate change initiative.  State Impact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips discussed it ...

The site where the roving robot known as hitchBOT supposedly perished is close to Elfreth’s Alley, the country’s oldest resid ...

Chicago’s three-dose coverage level for teen girls is 53 percent, that’s up from about 37 percent the year before. Chi ...

Dave Davies looks at what might unfold from this week’s indictment of longtime Congressman Chaka Fattah, and Katie Colaneri tries t ...

When my mother died earlier this year, I was able to prepare myself, my family, and my mother, herself, for her death. Difficult health a ...

In the markets, knowing who won’t survive is as important as knowing who will thrive. For Armen Karamanian, failure is ...

Fifty years ago, a DuPont chemist discovered a new synthetic fiber that would save thousands of lives. Her name was Stephanie Kwolek, and ...

For young children learning life’s basics, shame is not part of the learning game. Adults tend to view failure as painful or ...

Think about it: If you take the “A” out of BPA…what do you replace it with? Turns out, the solution is often another pr ...

The site Retraction Watch sheds light on flawed academic publications.  Earlier this summer, a federal judge sentenced Dong-P ...

Why do we all hate to fail so much? Is it something we’ve learned? Is it our innate nature to strive for perfection? Or are we look ...

Breakthrough paleontology requires the right rocks, luck and lots of persistence.  If there is such as thing as a “rock ...

If you want the truth and you want it now, don’t become a scientist.  Failure is an indispensable part of science. ...

Legislation’s sponsor estimates program could save state $5 million to $9 million annually. Inmates with illnesses that have ...